BEFORE AND AFTER BASEMENT

Well I'm not sure what I am going to blog about after I finish showing you more pictures from my project featured inSouthern Homes magazine. Marcy Simpson took such gorgeous photos and really showcased my work. I am humbled.

Yes I am still blabbing on about my recent 15 minutes of fame....kind of like when I painted my floors white.....just couldn't shut up about it and found a way to weave it into every conversation.

I'm nothing if not consistent.

Let's get right to it.

The basement.....which as you can see below was not built out at all and just used for storage.....

After.....don't ask me the color of the stain....I don't know it:)

I love how these knobs kind of mimic the iron panels.....

Looking past this sliding door you can see that there are 2 more rooms.....a den and a bedroom.

After staining.

The husband and wife are big readers so for once I had no shortage of books!

Pretty much everything downstairs had been upstairs so we repurposed it all. The only thing new was this leather Charles Stewart sofa.

She had the rug which I loved.....

Looking through the doors you can see her former family room furniture all recovered....Nothing new except for the 2 blue ottomans.

And I gathered all of the colorful art to make a gallery wall of her favorites.....

Let's go all the way to the third floor.....where I repurposed more....

See the paint chips? Those were the colors in her previous dining room rug. I used it for one of the guest rooms.

And there were 2 of these cute little numbers in her former living room.

Desk painted....chair painted.... reused mirror.... all art was hers.

Guess what....since I have to run off to Orange Theory I will have enough for one more post....I know.....shoot me right?

I've been trying to work on a fashion post....those suckers take time but I'll get to it!

I would think you could figure out the stain color since you are grabbing your "15 minutes of fame" Isn't that what blogging is all about? Helping others while being complemented on your success. Since you oversaw this endeavor, surely you know the stain color! Just my two cents.

It is a wonderful transformation. But where did the big windows/doors come from in this basement? Did you have someone knock out the outside wall to make the basement a walk-out? Huge amounts of light make all the difference.......